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contessa

[kawn-tes-sah, kuhn-tes-uh] / kɔnˈtɛs sɑ, kənˈtɛs ə /




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And the clerks treat even commoners like contessas.

From New York Times

But without quite putting the notion into words, she had always felt it was just as well that Harriet was an Italian contessa four thousand miles away.

From Project Gutenberg

The consequence of this recital was that Podstadsky's young acquaintances were clamorous for presentation to la contessa.

From Project Gutenberg